www.grandmasgifts.org
Grandma’s Gifts was founded in 1993 by Emily Douglas, at the age of eleven. Grandma’s Gifts provides food, clothing, books, toys, glasses, school supplies, scholarships, and educational experiences to children, families, schools, businesses, and organizations in Appalachian Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Emily founded this organization in memory of her grandma Norma Ackison of Ironton, Ohio, who passed away in 1991 of breast cancer. Since 2002, Grandma’s Gifts has operated as a donor advise fund through the Columbus Foundation.

To date, over $2,000,000 in goods and services has been provided. Additionally, over 650,000 books have been placed into the hands of needy children, daycare’s, hospitals, and libraries. One-hundred percent of funds raised go to pay for goods, services, or books. Grandma’s Gifts is always looking to help the community, work to educate people on giving, and organize projects.

www.carebags4kids.org
Care Bags Foundation was founded by Annie Wignall in Jan. 2000 when she was eleven years old. Annie got the idea after she learned there were lots of kids in crisis situations who have to leave their homes with very few of their own belongings. “ I love kids and wanted to do something to help make their lives better”, says Annie. Over the years, with increased support and donations from businesses, groups and individuals, along with numerous agencies who hand-deliver the bags, Annie’s idea has grown from a small home-based project helping a few Iowa kids, into a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that provides services to thousands of kids worldwide. Care Bags, which is run entirely by volunteer efforts, is now complete with its own headquarters for storing items and filling bags. As Annie Wignall says, “I know we can’t help everyone, but with your help we can make a difference, one Care Bag, one child at a time.”

www.hannahssocks.org
Two years ago on a chilly Thanksgiving day, 4-year-old Hannah Turner was helping serve dinner to the needy at Toledo’s Cherry Street Mission. Hannah had focused on a man in line wearing shoes that had split open to reveal he had no socks on “Mommy, won’t his feet be cold? Mommy, he can have my socks,” she said. That next day, Doris took Hannah to purchase and distribute socks to local shelters. The following two years, they were able to collect and donate over 100 pairs around Toledo.

Hannah’s Socks is focused on providing clothing necessities to the less fortunate in Toledo, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; and their neighboring communities. Through an annual winter “Socks Drive” as well as emergency “Socks 911″ drives, Hannah’s Socks collects donated materials in the form of men’s, women’s and children’s socks and undergarments, for distribution to both the homeless and to victims of domestic violence. Hannah’s Socks firmly believes that in a country as prosperous as the United States, no man, woman or child should want for something as basic as a warm pair of socks.

www.cgfinc.org
Collateral Growth Foundation provides funding, leadership and management services to committed, grass roots organizations that rely heavily on volunteer efforts, where CGF’s support will make a significant difference. Collateral Growth Foundation focuses the majority of its efforts in Southeast Asia, primarily in the Philippines and Thailand. In the Philippines they are helping the local filipino community to develop business skills while operating a real business. They are constructing a business center with concessions available for complimentary businesses. The theme is to be health and wellbeing.
They are working with other environmental groups in the Cordillera mountains to repair and maintain the ancient rice terraces of the Philippines. By using local labor, they help the economic development of the region and encourage the cultural conservation of the area as well. Their policy is to respect the native traditions of organic agriculture.